Geetha Pious is the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative, David Shearer’s head of field office in Juba and coordinates all peacekeeping components and civil affairs in the capital, and the former central Equatoria state of South Sudan. She also discusses the peace process, the UN mandate due to be renewed by March 15, 2019, tribal versus national identity and accountability for human rights violations, war crimes and conflict related sexual and gender based violence in South Sudan.
In a remarkably heartless display of extreme xenophobia, Africans in China –
specifically Guangzhou – have been evicted from their hotels, apartments and
barred from entering restaurants. Many of them have found
In Anthony Bourdain’s Lagos-related program, there was a discussion with a local TV anchor – someone who also anchors the Presidential debates there. She made a stunning comment that
Henry VIII’s love for Catholicism during his early years was undeniable but when
in May of 1533, his love life collided with the religious dictum of his time
that
As Ukraine strikes deep and Russia feels the walls closing in, every move becomes a signal. Schelling explains the dance of coercion. Fearon explains why peace is so hard. When perception drives decisions and time is the enemy, wisdom may be the only path that prevents catastrophe.
Pakistan has used terrorism and madman brinksmanship to paralyze India's responses, until the Modi government called out its bluff through evolving actions - Surgical strikes, Balakot, and Operation Sindoor. Pakistan will not stop. So can't India. A deep analysis.
Disruptive promise of and June 12th US ban on Mythos shook the world. There are competing AI visions - Krishna vs Clarke. Convergence of Quantum, AGI/ASI and Crypto may unprecedentedly destroy our world if not enslave humanity.
Musk promises abundance for all. A Scottish earl explained 200 years ago why the machines that make everything will make their owners richer than ever, and everyone else dependent. The real question was never the size of your ration. It is who owns the river, and who holds the rod above him.
